09/07/19

My acceptance rating just took a hit.  I turned on the app and immediately started receiving requests from downtown, which is about 20 miles away.  I accepted the first one but then the rider cancelled.  We probably both said "holy shit" at about the same time due to distance away that I was.  Another came in and I declined it while trying to hit the offline button as I realized what was going on.  Another one came in and I declined it as well, then was able to get offline.  Obviously the UT game has just finished and the app is reaching waaaaaaaay out for drivers.  There would be a pick-up premium but it would still not be worth dead-heading it down there, fighting through the traffic to the pick up point, fighting the traffic back out and then dropping off at a hotel only a couple of miles away.  Even with surge I might get $20.  That would be good if I was already downtown but I am far from downtown.  Oh, and I was downtown earlier today, not doing rideshare but took a moment to do some recon with rideshare on my mind for later.  I could tell that it was going to be a massive night downtown tonight.  I have become very good at downtown rideshare driving but tonight I do not want to be down there.  I will go back online a little after 11pm and hopefully get in on the 11pm ish demand up here closer to where I am at.  Otherwise, this may be the first rideshare post where there was not any actual ridesharing that took place.